In this tutorial, I will teach you how to make a part follow the players mouse when the player clicks it (a simple version). Only the player will be able to see this. It is a good mechanic for obbies.
Before we start, here is the final code to show you that it really isn’t that much
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local billBoardGui = script.Parent
local imageButton = billBoardGui:WaitForChild("ImageButton")
local runService = game:GetService("RunService")
local isMoving = false
local movePart
local part = billBoardGui.Adornee
imageButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not isMoving then isMoving = true
movePart = runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
mouse.TargetFilter = part
part.Position = mouse.Hit.Position
end)
else
movePart:Disconnect()
mouse.TargetFilter = nil
isMoving = false
end
end)
Okay lets begin:
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Insert a part and rename it to “movePart.” Anchor it
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Add a billboard gui to the part
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In the properties window of the billboard gui, find “adornee” and set it to the part
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In the properties window of the billboard gui, turn on “AlwaysOnTop”
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In the properties window of the billboard gui, change the size to “{1, 0},{1, 0}”
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add an image button to the billboard gui
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In the properties tab of the image button, set the size to “{1, 0},{1, 0}”
The next step is important
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Set the billboardGui’s parent to "starterGui"
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Insert a local script into the billboard gui
SETTING UP THE LOCAL SCRIPT
- First, we will define all the variables needed
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse() --Getting the players mouse
local billBoardGui = script.Parent
local imageButton = billBoardGui:WaitForChild("ImageButton")
local isMoving = false -- Our debounce variable. This will tell us when the player is / isn't moving the part
local movePart --Not too sure how to explain this but we are setting up a variable for the run service
local part = billBoardGui.Adornee --This gives us access to the part
- Q: How do we get access to the part from the client side?
A: I found that you can easily access the part through its adornee
the last variable we need
local part = billBoardGui.Adornee --This gives us access to the part
- creating an event to see when the part is clicked
imageButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
end)
- Inside this event, we will first check to see if the part is already moving or not
imageButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not isMoving then isMoving = true --Debounce
else
end
end)
- Remember that lonely variable we set up earlier? This is where it comes into play.
imageButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not isMoving then isMoving = true
movePart = runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
end)
else
end
end)
^You might be wondering why we set the function to a variable. When the player clicks the second time, the part should stop following the mouse. So we need to stop the “renderStepped” event. The only way to do that is to define it to a variable and later using “movepart:Disconnect.” You will see later
- Now we will make the part follow the mouse
imageButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not isMoving then isMoving = true
movePart = runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
mouse.TargetFilter = part -- We need to make sure the mouse doesn't keep hitting the part. So we tell the mouse to avoid
the part
part.Position = mouse.Hit.Position --The part's position will follow the mouse's hit position
end)
else
end
end)
Here is the result so far
robloxapp-20220729-1017126_Trim.wmv (275.6 KB)
Lastly, we stop the part from moving when the player clicks again
imageButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not isMoving then isMoving = true
movePart = runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
mouse.TargetFilter = part --[[ We need to make sure the mouse doesn't keep hitting the part. So we tell the mouse to avoid
the part--]]
part.Position = mouse.Hit.Position --[[ The part's position will follow the mouse's hit position --]]
end)
else
movePart:Disconnect() --Disconnecting render stepped event
mouse.TargetFilter = nil -- this doesn't matter much
isMoving = false -- resetting debounce
end
end)
AND WE ARE DONE, here is the final code
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local billBoardGui = script.Parent
local imageButton = billBoardGui:WaitForChild("ImageButton")
local runService = game:GetService("RunService")
local isMoving = false
local movePart
local part = billBoardGui.Adornee
imageButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not isMoving then isMoving = true
movePart = runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
mouse.TargetFilter = part
part.Position = mouse.Hit.Position
end)
else
movePart:Disconnect()
mouse.TargetFilter = nil
isMoving = false
end
end)
Thank you. Please provide any constructive criticism. ^This was my first community tutorial
